LIT TERMS
CHARACTERS
GODS AND GODDESSES
PLOT POINTS
MISCELLANEOUS
100
a two-word descriptive phrase used throughout the poem
What is a stock epithet
100
Greek warrior who fights with Agememnon
What is Achilles
100
King of the Gods; Thunderbolt is his symbol
What is Zeus
100
Major war caused by the kidnapping of Helen
What is Trojan War
100
Helen's popular nickname
What is Face that Launched a Thousand Ships
200
an extended comparison made between two unlike things that often goes on for several lines
What is epic simile
200
King of Mycenae and leader of the Greek army attempting to invade Troy
What is Agamemnon
200
Wife of Zeus and goddess of home and childbirth
What Hera
200
Name of the slave girl who is taken from Achilles by Agamemnon
What is Brisies
200
Earlier name of Troy from which Homer got the title "The Iliad"
What is Ilium
300
the process by which ancient poets would seek inspiration from the supernatural beings who rule over the arts
What is invocation of the muse
300
Beautiful stolen wife of Menelaus, taken by Paris
What is Helen
300
Daughter of Zeus and Goddess of Warfare and Wisdom; sides with the Greeks
What is Athena
300
Name of the blacksmith god who builds Achilles' armor and shield
What is Hephaestus
300
What Achilles did to Hector after killing him
What is drug his body around the city from the back of a chariot
400
repetition of initial consonant sounds used in many types of poetry
What is alliteration
400
Friend and cousin to Achilles who is killed in battle, prompting Achilles' rage
What is Patroclus
400
Archer god who places a plague on the Greeks
What is Apollo
400
What Hector asks Achilles to promise him before they fight to the death
What is return my body to my family
400
The name of Hector's wife
What is Andromache
500
Latin phrase meaning "in the middle of things" used to refer to how most epics start
What is in medias res
500
Judged the contest and awarded the Golden Apple to Aphrodite
What is Paris
500
Goddess of Love who awards Paris with Helen after winning the Judgement of Paris contest
What is Aphrodite
500
Ironically, the Trojan who eventually kills Achilles
What is Paris
500
Name of the goddess who kept Achilles from killing Agamemnon near the beginning of the poem
What is Athena
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